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It's the last day to file and peace activists are protesting government waste. Activists positioned at several Rogue Valley post office buildings passed out leaflets claiming excessive military waste.

"Our leaflet throws in the interest and debt accrued on past military spending and wars. People can figure different it ways but it's an amazing amount of money and very wasteful." said Herbert Rothschild with Peace House.

The White House website puts the total spending of National Defense at 24.78%- less than a quarter slice of the whole fiscal budget pie.

Peace activist say it's more like 45% of the total budget when you account for other military investments like the nuclear program and military construction which fall under different congressional budgets.

Congress is in the process of dividing up the 2015 budget with includes close to 500 billion for the department of defense.

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News at Sunrise Co-Anchor Travis Koch started his career as a filmmaker. He wrote and directed documentaries about traveling and extreme sports.

Among his many life experiences, he was a dog musher in Alaska and a baker in Minnesota. Travis began his career at NBC5 News as a weekend photographer and has continued to follow his dreams in television broadcasting and multimedia.